← Back to context Comment by mkehrt 6 days ago > The truth isn't defamation, by definition. This is a famously American position. 2 comments mkehrt Reply arrowsmith 6 days ago I'm not American, and we're discussing a UK news story.But I genuinely didn't know that other countries do things differently. What does defamation even mean if it doesn't include the concept of untruth? arh68 6 days ago Previously, [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40682485 (obviously, it means different things to different folks; I can't properly answer your question)FWIW I'm only really familiar with the American usual.
arrowsmith 6 days ago I'm not American, and we're discussing a UK news story.But I genuinely didn't know that other countries do things differently. What does defamation even mean if it doesn't include the concept of untruth? arh68 6 days ago Previously, [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40682485 (obviously, it means different things to different folks; I can't properly answer your question)FWIW I'm only really familiar with the American usual.
arh68 6 days ago Previously, [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40682485 (obviously, it means different things to different folks; I can't properly answer your question)FWIW I'm only really familiar with the American usual.
I'm not American, and we're discussing a UK news story.
But I genuinely didn't know that other countries do things differently. What does defamation even mean if it doesn't include the concept of untruth?
Previously, [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40682485 (obviously, it means different things to different folks; I can't properly answer your question)
FWIW I'm only really familiar with the American usual.